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Such a relevant point, and I don't think they get enough props for it. I don't believe for one second this was a quick turnaround for them either. I've spoken
by ry_ry 9y ago
Such a relevant point, and I don't think they get enough props for it.
I don't believe for one second this was a quick turnaround for them either. I've spoken to MS dev evangelists at work stuff over the past few years and they've continually said "it's going to get better", usually with a wry smile.
It bloody did too. They're nowhere near perfect, and the different product branches remain as disjointed as ever, but I'm genuinely impressed at the sheer scale of the organisational change they've implemented.
- nojvek 9y agoMoving entire code base from source Depot (invented at Microsoft) git (not ms) was a huge undertaking. I know many ms devs who hated git. But this is seriously brave and well executed on their part.
- rufius 9y agoTechnically - Source Depot is a fork of Perforce. Not entirely invented at MSFT :).
- contextfree 9y agoI also know many MS devs who hated Source Depot :)
- rufius 9y agoTo give you a little idea of scale - they've been at this for at least 4 years. It started while I still worked in Windows.